SQL COUNT() Function - sql

I am trying to run a query on a table, for the sake of this question let's call it ABC. I am looking to count how many bank accounts correspond to a particular Company and VendorName. However this returns answers where the BankAcctNumber is the same, ie I have just a duplicate entry. I am looking to only return these entries where the BankAcctNumber for the two or more Company and VendorName entries are different. This code I have entered below runs and returns all Companys and VendorNames with a count on the BankAcctNumber > 1, but it hasn't identified only the ones where BankAcctNumber are different.
SELECT Company, VendorName, COUNT(BankAcctNumber)
FROM ABC
GROUP BY Company, VendorName
HAVING (COUNT(BankAcctNumber) > 1 )
Sorry if what I have said isn't clear, I am more than willing to clear up any fuzziness and lack of detail in my explanation.
Kind Regards

I think you just want count(distinct):
SELECT Company, VendorName, COUNT(DISTINCT BankAcctNumber)
FROM ABC
GROUP BY Company, VendorName;

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SQL question with attempt on customer information

Schema
Question: List all paying customers with users who had 4 or 5 activities during the week of February 15, 2021; also include how many of the activities sent were paid, organic and/or app store. (i.e. include a column for each of the three source types).
My attempt so far:
SELECT source_type, COUNT(*)
FROM activities
WHERE activity_time BETWEEN '02-15-21' AND '02-19-21'
GROUP BY source_type
I would like to get a second opinion on it. I didn't include the accounts table because I don't believe that I need it for this query, but I could be wrong.
Have you tried to run this? It doesn't satisfy the brief on FOUR counts:
List all the ... customers (that match criteria)
There is no customer information included in the results at all, so this is an outright fail.
paying customers
This is the top level criteria, only customers that are not free should be included in the results.
Criteria: users who had 4 or 5 activities
There has been no attempt to evaluate this user criteria in the query, and the results do not provide enough information to deduce it.
there is further ambiguity in this requirement, does it mean that it should only include results if the account has individual users that have 4 or 5 acitvities, or is it simply that the account should have 4 or 5 activities overall.
If this is a test question (clearly this is contrived, if it is not please ask for help on how to design a better schema) then the use of the term User is usually very specific and would suggest that you need to group by or otherwise make specific use of this facet in your query.
Bonus: (i.e. include a column for each of the three source types).
This is the only element that was attempted, as the data is grouped by source_type but the information cannot be correlated back to any specific user or customer.
Next time please include example data and the expected outcome with your post. In preparing the data for this post you would have come across these issues yourself and may have been inspired to ask a different question, or through the process of writing the post up you may have resolved the issue yourself.
without further clarification, we can still start to evolve this query, a good place to start is to exclude the criteria and focus on the format of the output. the requirement mentions the following output requirements:
List Customers
Include a column for each of the source types.
Firstly, even though you don't think you need to, the request clearly states that Customer is an important facet in the output, and in your schema account holds the customer information, so although we do not need to, it makes the data readable by humans if we do include information from the account table.
This is a standard PIVOT style response then, we want a row for each customer, presenting a count that aggregates each of the values for source_type. Most RDBMS will support some variant of a PIVOT operator or function, however we can achieve the same thing with simple CASE expressions to conditionally put a value into projected columns in the result set that match the values we want to aggregate, then we can use GROUP BY to evaluate the aggregation, in this case a COUNT
The following syntax is for MS SQL, however you can achieve something similar easily enough in other RBDMS
OP please tag this question with your preferred database engine...
NOTE: there is NO filtering in this query... yet
SELECT accounts.company_id
, accounts.company_name
, paid = COUNT(st_paid)
, organic = COUNT(st_organic)
, app_store = COUNT(st_app_store)
FROM activities
INNER JOIN accounts ON activities.company_id = accounts.company_id
-- PIVOT the source_type
CROSS APPLY (SELECT st_paid = CASE source_type WHEN 'paid' THEN 1 END
,st_organic = CASE source_type WHEN 'organic' THEN 1 END
,st_app_store = CASE source_type WHEN 'app store' THEN 1 END
) as PVT
GROUP BY accounts.company_id, accounts.company_name
This results in the following shape of result:
company_id
company_name
paid
organic
app_store
apl01
apples
4
8
0
ora01
oranges
6
12
0
Criteria
When you are happy with the shpe of the results and that all the relevant information is available, it is time to apply the criteria to filter this data.
From the requirement, the following criteria can be identified:
paying customers
The spec doesn't mention paying specifically, but it does include a note that (free customers have current_mrr = 0)
Now aren't we glad we did join on the account table :)
users who had 4 or 5 activities
This is very specific about explicitly 4 or 5 activities, no more, no less.
For the sake of simplicity, lets assume that the user facet of this requirement is not important and that is is simply a reference to all users on an account, not just users who have individually logged 4 or 5 activities on their own - this would require more demo data than I care to manufacture right now to prove.
during the week of February 15, 2021.
This one was correctly identified in the original post, but we need to call it out just the same.
OP has used Monday to Friday of that week, there is no mention that weeks start on a Monday or that they end on Friday but we'll go along, it's only the syntax we need to explore today.
In the real world the actual values specified in the criteria should be parameterised, mainly because you don't want to manually re-construct the entire query every time, but also to sanitise input and prevent SQL injection attacks.
Even though it seems overkill for this post, using parameters even in simple queries helps to identify the variable elements, so I will use parameters for the 2nd criteria to demonstrate the concept.
DECLARE #from DateTime = '2021-02-15' -- Date in ISO format
DECLARE #to DateTime = (SELECT DateAdd(d, 5, #from)) -- will match Friday: 2021-02-19
/* NOTE: requirement only mentioned the start date, not the end
so your code should also only rely on the single fixed start date */
SELECT accounts.company_id, accounts.company_name
, paid = COUNT(st_paid), organic = COUNT(st_organic), app_store = COUNT(st_app_store)
FROM activities
INNER JOIN accounts ON activities.company_id = accounts.company_id
-- PIVOT the source_type
CROSS APPLY (SELECT st_paid = CASE source_type WHEN 'paid' THEN 1 END
,st_organic = CASE source_type WHEN 'organic' THEN 1 END
,st_app_store = CASE source_type WHEN 'app store' THEN 1 END
) as PVT
WHERE -- paid accounts = exclude 'free' accounts
accounts.current_mrr > 0
-- Date range filter
AND activity_time BETWEEN #from AND #to
GROUP BY accounts.company_id, accounts.company_name
-- The fun bit, we use HAVING to apply a filter AFTER the grouping is evaluated
-- Wording was explicitly 4 OR 5, not BETWEEN so we use IN for that
HAVING COUNT(source_type) IN (4,5)
I believe you are missing some information there.
without more information on the tables, I can only guess that you also have a customer table. i am going to assume there is a customer_id key that serves as key between both tables
i would take your query and do something like:
SELECT customer_id,
COUNT() AS Total,
MAX(CASE WHEN source_type = "app" THEN "numoperations" END) "app_totals"),
MAX(CASE WHEN source_type = "paid" THEN "numoperations" END) "paid_totals"),
MAX(CASE WHEN source_type = "organic" THEN "numoperations" END) "organic_totals"),
FROM (
SELECT source_type, COUNT() AS num_operations
FROM activities
WHERE activity_time BETWEEN '02-15-21' AND '02-19-21'
GROUP BY source_type
) tb1 GROUP BY customer_id
This is the most generic case i can think of, but does not scale very well. If you get new source types, you need to modify the query, and the structure of the output table also changes. Depending on the sql engine you are using (i.e. mysql vs microsoft sql) you could also use a pivot function.
The previous query is a little bit rough, but it will give you a general idea. You can add "ELSE" statements to the clause, to zero the fields when they have no values, and join with the customer table if you want only active customers, etc.

SQL Nested Query with distinct count

I have a dilemma, and I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out. I am attempting to work on some made up problems from an old text book of mine, this isn't a question from the book, but the data is, I just wanted to see if I could still work in SQL, so here goes. When this code is executed,
SELECT COUNT(code_description) "Number of Different Crimes", last, first,
code_description
FROM
(
SELECT criminal_id, last, first, crime_code, code_description
FROM criminals
JOIN crimes USING (criminal_id)
JOIN crime_charges USING (crime_id)
JOIN crime_codes USING (crime_code)
ORDER BY criminal_id
)
WHERE criminal_id = 1020
GROUP BY last, first, code_description;
I am provided with these results:
Number of Different Crimes LAST FIRST CODE_DESCRIPTION
1 Phelps Sam Agg Assault
1 Phelps Sam Drug Offense
Inevitably, I would like the number of different crimes to be 2 for each line since this criminal has two unique crimes charged to him. I would like it to be displayed something like:
Number of Different Crimes LAST FIRST CODE_DESCRIPTION
2 Phelps Sam Agg Assault
2 Phelps Sam Drug Offense
Not to push my luck but I would also like to get rid of the follow line also:
WHERE criminal_id = 1020
to something a little more elegant to represent any criminal with more than 1 crime type associated with them, for this case, Sam Phelps is the only one in this data set.
As #sgeddes said in a comment, you can use an analytic count, which doesn't need a subquery if you're specifying the criminal ID:
SELECT COUNT(code_description) OVER (PARTITION BY first, last) AS "Number of Different Crimes",
last, first, code_description
FROM criminals
JOIN crimes USING (criminal_id)
JOIN crime_charges USING (crime_id)
JOIN crime_codes USING (crime_code)
WHERE criminal_id = 1020;
If you want to look for anyone with multiple crimes then you do need a subquery so you can filter on the analytic result:
SELECT charge_count AS "Number of Different Crimes",
last, first, code_description
FROM (
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT code_description) OVER (PARTITION BY first, last) AS charge_count,
criminal_id, last, first, code_description
FROM criminals
JOIN crimes USING (criminal_id)
JOIN crime_charges USING (crime_id)
JOIN crime_codes USING (crime_code)
)
WHERE charge_count > 1
ORDER BY criminal_id, code_description;
SQL Fiddle demo.
If the charges are across multiple crimes, but duplicated, then the distinct count still works, but you might want to make add a distinct to the overall result set - unless you want to show other crime-specific info - otherwise you get something like this.

Getting a unique value from an aggregated result set

I've got an aggregated query that checks if I have more than one record matching certain conditions.
SELECT RegardingObjectId, COUNT(*) FROM [CRM_MSCRM].[dbo].[AsyncOperationBase] a
where WorkflowActivationId IN ('55D9A3CF-4BB7-E311-B56B-0050569512FE',
'1BF5B3B9-0CAE-E211-AEB5-0050569512FE',
'EB231B79-84A4-E211-97E9-0050569512FE',
'F0DDF5AE-83A3-E211-97E9-0050569512FE',
'9C34F416-F99A-464E-8309-D3B56686FE58')
and StatusCode = 10
group by RegardingObjectId
having COUNT(*) > 1
That's nice, but then there is one field in AsyncOperationBase that will be unique. Say count(*) = 3, well, AsyncOperationBaseId in AsyncOperationBase will have 3 different values since AsyncOperationBase is the table's primary key.
To be honest, I would not even know what terms and expressions to Google to find a solution.
If anyone has a solution and also, is there any words to describe what I'm looking for ? Perhaps BI people are often faced with such a requirement or something...
I could do it with an SSRS report where the report would visually do the grouping then I could expand each grouped row to get the AsyncOperationBaseId value, but simply through SQL, I can't seem to find a way out...
Thanks.
select * from [CRM_MSCRM].[dbo].[AsyncOperationBase]
where RegardingObjectId in
(
SELECT RegardingObjectId
FROM [CRM_MSCRM].[dbo].[AsyncOperationBase] a
where WorkflowActivationId IN
(
'55D9A3CF-4BB7-E311-B56B-0050569512FE',
'1BF5B3B9-0CAE-E211-AEB5-0050569512FE',
'EB231B79-84A4-E211-97E9-0050569512FE',
'F0DDF5AE-83A3-E211-97E9-0050569512FE',
'9C34F416-F99A-464E-8309-D3B56686FE58'
)
and StatusCode = 10
group by RegardingObjectId
having COUNT(*) > 1
)

SQL : how to Case depending of the result of the 2 latest values of one column

I am discovering SQL as I have to build queries in my new company.I have understood the basic but here is where I am stuck, maybe you could help me figure this out :
I would like to mention a product as unprocurable if sellers rejected my orders twice. Tricky part I aggregate the furniture orders for all our local offices, therefore even though I sent my purchase order(s) to one unique seller (the one with the best offer at the moment) I might have multiple lines for each item (one per office)
See below table for purchase orders, see REF1 item should be set as unprocurable as both on 21 and 31 december my orders have been rejected (no matter the seller)
http://i.stack.imgur.com/r3W3E.jpg
So to put it in logic I would like to have something like this:
For each items with 2 latest purchase orders that were both made at different dates and rejected(0 value in the table) THEN attach a note to it saying "unprocurable" else put as procurable.
IF it was only 1 value I think I could go with
Select
item
, MAX(date)
, case
when confirmed_units = 0
then 'Unprocurable'
else 'procurable'
end
From
purchase_table
Where
date between TO_DATE('01/01/2013', 'MM/DD/YYYY') AND TO_DATE('{RUN_DATE_YYYY/MM/DD}', 'YYYY/MM/DD')
But now I need to check the two latest purchase orders and that are not from the same day.
I am a bit lost, could you give a hand please?
Thanks !
Your question is a little unclear... have you tried using something along the lines of:
SELECT TOP 2 etc, etc... order by [column]

Using distinct and then an aggregate function in Postgresql?

This is a pretty basic problem and for whatever reason I can't find a reasonable solution. I'll do my best to explain.
Say you have an event ticket (section, row, seat #). Each ticket belongs to an attendee. Multiple tickets can belong to the same attendee. Each attendee has a worth (ex: Attendee #1 is worth $10,000). That said, here's what I want to do:
1. Group the tickets by their section
2. Get number of tickets (count)
3. Get total worth of the attendees in that section
Here's where I'm having problems: If Attendee #1 is worth $10,000 and is using 4 tickets, sum(attendees.worth) is returning $40,000. Which is not accurate. The worth should be $10,000. Yet when I make the result distinct on the attendee, the count is not accurate. In an ideal world it'd be nice to do something like
select
tickets.section,
count(tickets.*) as count,
sum(DISTINCT ON (attendees.id) attendees.worth) as total_worth
from
tickets
INNER JOIN
attendees ON attendees.id = tickets.attendee_id
GROUP BY tickets.section
Obviously this query doesn't work. How can I accomplish this same thing in a single query? OR is it even possible? I'd prefer to stay away from sub queries too because this is part of a much larger solution where I would need to do this across multiple tables.
Also, the worth should follow the ticket divided evenly. Ex: $10,000 / 4. Each ticket has an attendee worth of $5,000. So if the tickets are in different sections, they take their prorated worth with them.
Thanks for your help.
You need to aggregate the tickets before the attendees:
select ta.section, sum(ta.numtickets) as count, sum(a.worth) as total_worth
from (select attendee_id, section, count(*) as numtickets
from tickets
group by attendee_id, section
) ta INNER JOIN
attendees a
ON a.id = ta.attendee_id
GROUP BY ta.section
You still have a problem of a single attendee having seats in multiple sections. However, you do not specify how to solve that (apportion the worth? randomly choose one section? attribute it to all sections? canonically choose a section?)
Using jsonb_object_agg:
select
tickets.section,
count(tickets.*) as count,
(
SELECT SUM(value::int4)
FROM jsonb_each_text(jsonb_object_agg(attendees.id, attendees.worth))
) as total_worth
from
tickets
INNER JOIN
attendees ON attendees.id = tickets.attendee_id
GROUP BY tickets.section